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OS X Fonts For Specific Languages

OS X  contains a number of fonts intended to be used for specific languages and scripts when the appropriate input sources for those languages are active.  Many of these fonts also contain standard Latin characters, and some users may be tempted to use them for composing normal English text.  I would  recommend that this be avoided if possible, because the Latin portion of such fonts may contain errors or bugs that are not readily noticed, and the uncommon names used by these fonts means that non-Mac platforms will probably substitute something unpredictable for them.

 

Here is a list of words used in the names of the specialized language/script fonts supplied by Apple which can help identify them:

 

Arabic :  Al Bayan, Baghdad, Damascus, Decotype Naskh, Geeza Pro, Nadeem, Kufi, Alfirat, Algiers, Alkhalil, Alrafidain, Alfanni, Basra, Dijla, Koufi Abjadi, Laimoon, Nisan, Raya, Somer, Yaziji, Zawra


Armenian: Mshtakan


Cherokee : Plantagenet Cherokee


Chinese: Biaukai,  Hei, Heiti, Kai, Lihei, Lisong, STFangsong, STHeiti, STKaiti, STSong, Apple Ligothic, Baoli, Kaiti, Lantinghei, Libian, Songti, Wawati, Weibei, Xingkai, Yuanti, Yuppy, NISC18030, PingFang, Hanzipen, Hannotate


Cyrillic : CharcoalCY, GenevaCY, HelveticaCY, PTSans


Ethiopic: Kefa


Hebrew: Arial Hebrew, Corsiva Hebrew, New Peninim, Raanana


Indic Scripts : Devanagari, Bangla, Gurmukhi, Gujarati, Oriya, Tamil, Inaimaithi, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Sinhala, Kohinoor, ITF, Shree


Japanese: Hiragino, Osaka, Tsukushi, Yu


Khmer : Khmer


Korean: Gungseo, Headline, Nanum, Pcmyungjo, Pilgi, Applegothic, Applemyungjo, Apple SD Gothic


Lao : Lao


Myanmar : Myanmar


Thai: Ayuthaya, Krungthep, Sathu, Silom, Thonburi, Sukhumvit


Tibetan: Kailasa, Kokonor


UCAS : Euphemia

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